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I have just returned from an hour with the "new" George "Sparky" Anderson and am impressed. Not that I didn`t enjoy the old Sparky, but this one has a better sense of priorities, isn`t hyper and has come to realize winning a ballgame isn`t life or death. Sparky was in the manager's office in Comiskey Park's visitors` clubhouse. He pointed a finger to the final line of an enlarged American League schedule fastened to the pale green wall. "A fellow asked me what am I going to do about this terrible season, and I told him, `We finish up in New York on October 1st. I`ll fly home on October 2d. And on October 3d I`ll be on the golf course.

Gift for gab a plus Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times It would be too simple to say that Anderson won because he lasted, although it is true players knew there would be no point in trying to undermine the manager and get him fired. Anderson had great players, of course, especially in Cincinnati. But his genius was in making players feel good even when they faltered. The clubhouse usually opens to the media 10 minutes after a game, but Anderson would keep his clubhouse closed for 15 or 20 minutes after a tough loss.

SSay it ain't so, Sparky," I said to Sparky Anderson, the eminent manager who, according to published reports, is in his final days with the Detroit Tigers. "They're all having fun with it," Sparky said. "But I'm the only one who knows." He refused to reveal the next stop. More than likely it will be with a National League club that has a good chance to win a flag. "I'm not telling anybody anything until this thing (the season) is over," Sparky said. "I'll be somewhere, for sure, next year.

Retired Adm. George W. Anderson, who as chief of naval operations was in charge of the U.S. blockade of Cuba during the Soviet missile crisis in 1962, died Friday in McLean, Va. Adm. Anderson, who was 85, died of congestive heart failure, his family said. Many military experts had expected that the admiral would become chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. But a series of major policy disputes with Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara sidetracked Adm. Anderson's 36-year Navy career, and he was abruptly replaced as operations chief in 1963.

GEORGE B. ANDERSON, 76, who began his career as a tent show magician in the 1920s, became a Tribune advertising executive, a writer of radio and television mysteries, the head of an advertising agency, an author, and a lecturer. A memorial service for Mr. Anderson, of Elmhurst, will be held there at 11 a.m. Saturday in Elmhurst Presbyterian Church, 367 Spring Rd. He died Sunday in an Elmhurst nursing home. Mr. Anderson was born in Hawarden, Ia. At age 17, he was a magician in tent shows.

George Elliott Anderson, 85, of LaGrange Park, served as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy during WWII for 3 1/2 years; beloved husband of 57 1/2 years toJosephine S. Anderson, nee Sylla; dear father of Renee (Paul) Meier and Eric (Angela) Anderson; grandfather ofNathan (Laura) and ErickaAnderson; family and friends are gathering Saturday Jan. 31, 2009, 10 a.m. until time of Mass 11 a.m. at St. Francis Xavier Church (corner of Spring & Ogden, LaGrange). Arrangements by Lincoln Funeral Care, One Westbrook Corp.

Like many people who lived through the Great Depression, Grace Groner was exceptionally restrained with her money. She got her clothes from rummage sales. She walked everywhere rather than buy a car. And her one-bedroom house in Lake Forest held little more than a few plain pieces of furniture, some mismatched dishes and a hulking TV set that appeared left over from the Johnson administration. Her one splurge was a small scholarship program she had created for Lake Forest College, her alma mater.

Albert Bohre, 97, son of the late Tom and Inga Bohre; brother of the late Mildred (George) Anderson and Lillian (Edward) Magnuson; uncle of Lois (Kenneth) Koeller, Gloria (Robert) Nogan, Claire (Joseph) Schopen, John and Will (Mary) Magnuson; granduncle of many nieces and nephews. Visitation Friday 3 to 9 p.m. with funeral services at 7:30 p.m. at Smith-Corcoran Funeral Home, 6150 N. Cicero Ave. Interment will be private. Kindly omit flowers. Donation to favorite charity in Albert's name would be appreciated.